[LynnWM158]

Originally Posted by biker1

I believe I have a DB4e mounted in the attic. I pull in about 50 channels from Orlando.

Who installed your antenna? I need to get rid of a couple of my cable boxes connected with tv's that get very little use.

Thanks for your help

[Tom Grooms]

Originally Posted by LynnWM158

Who installed your antenna? I need to get rid of a couple of my cable boxes connected with tv's that get very little use.



Thanks for your help

Hi Lynn, Xfinity and Spectrum both have Streaming apps that you can use for free with your paid subscription service. As an example, I use XFinity and I have 6 TVs in my home. I only have two cable boxes. The rest use the Xfinity stream beta app on Roku. I can watch live TV, recorded programs, on demand, just like I had a cable box except they don't cost me $10 per month per TV. The Xfinity stream beta app is only available on Roku and a few new Sony Android TVs.

[Misbehavin22]

We just moved into Buttonwood and I purchased a G.E. power amplified, HD antenna in an attempt to "cut the cable." I planned on the antenna, advertising a 50 mile radius of reception, and Roku to get me everything needed. After multiple channel scans, the antenna proved worthless. I called G.E. for help. They checked their tower locator and told me there were no towers within those 50 miles. I returned the antenna. A larger, attic or roof mounted antenna may be somewhat better but it's not worth my time or effort. Roku is working great!

[HiHoSteveO]

Originally Posted by kja966

Here is another option for pointing your antennas especially if you are in the northern villages. Ocala has three translators or re-transmission towers. All three are easily receivable if you point the antenna toward Ocala. They are only 20-30 miles away. Fox 35 from Orlando transmits on channel 51. The programming is almost the same. WESH and WKMG (NBC and CBS) have translator towers which are received with no problem. For ABC the Gainsville station on 20.1 comes in fine as well as their PBS station. Orlando is 60 miles away from me and this made it easy. I don't get the religious or Spanish channels but not interested. Give this option a try.

Tom Grooms, as kja966 wrote in this post #23,
Have you had the same experience when doing attic installations south of 466A?

I wonder if 2 of the 4 antennas of my Db8e pointed towards Ocala/Gainesville would be helpful?
(2 pointed to Orlando, 2 pointed to Ocala/Gainsville)

[LOMDtrainman]

TABLO DVR for over the air recording they make a 4 tuner model so you can ecord 4 programs at same time

[LOMDtrainman]

If your attic has Aluminum Reflective insulation your antenna may not work as well

[Geri J.]

I would think outside antennas wouldn't be allowed.

[biker1]

Tom Grooms at TheVillagesAV.com installed my antenna. It works great but we have recently started streaming YouTubeTV, because it offers several stations that aren't available via an antenna, so the antenna doesn't get much use anymore.

Originally Posted by LynnWM158

Who installed your antenna? I need to get rid of a couple of my cable boxes connected with tv's that get very little use.

Thanks for your help

[Daisy]

Originally Posted by biker1

BTW, there is really no longer the concept of "good reception". You either get the station or you don't. If you get the station then the reception is perfect since it is digitally encoded.

Not quite true. I get quite severe 'pixilation' if that's the word on weaker stations.

[biker1]

There is no need to nitpick. If you are getting pixilation you aren't pulling in the station and it is not watchable. It is not like the old "analog" days when you could be watching a station just fine but it could be of generally poor quality.

Originally Posted by Daisy

Not quite true. I get quite severe 'pixilation' if that's the word on weaker stations.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by Geri J.

I would think outside antennas wouldn't be allowed.

FCC rules override any and all HOA or equal (in our case covenants), outside antennas are allowed. i have personally called Community standards about this.

[shighsmi]

We are in Hadley and get 70 channels . Tom from The Villages AV installed the digital antennae in our attic.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Everyone wanting to put up an outside antenna, remember we live in the lightning capital of the US.

[JimJohnson]

How about a HAM Radio antenna. An old hobbie I used to do that I now have time for.

[biker1]

A properly installed outside antenna will be grounded.

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Everyone wanting to put up an outside antenna, remember we live in the lightning capital of the US.